The Mason Minute

Jul 16, 2025 • E5229 • 00:01:00

This summer has been a hot one. August is usually our warmest month, with temperatures in the 90s nearly every day. We’re already seeing that, and it’s only mid-July. And what’s interesting is that, along with the heat we’re experi...

Jul 15, 2025 • E5228 • 00:01:00

Any good Midwesterner knows that this is just the beginning of the corn on the cob season here in the US. While you can get corn in June or July, it’s really not best until August and September. That’s when the sweet corn is at its peak and its lowest pri...

Jul 14, 2025 • E5227 • 00:01:00

Product recalls have become a fact of life. Not a day goes by when another product gets recalled. I vaguely remember hearing about them in the early 1970s. However, upon reviewing their history, the first major recall was by Cadillac in 1958. To this day,...

Jul 13, 2025 • E5226 • 00:01:00

Back in my younger days, I remember TV shows like ABC’s Wide World of Sports. There, they showed you all sorts of obscure sports and things like the Harlem Globetrotters basketball. Bowling was also a popular sport on television years ago. But many...

Jul 12, 2025 • E5225 • 00:01:00

I was sitting around the house last night with nothing to do, and often, when that happens, my mind begins to wander. I was watching television and saw a commercial for the new Superman movie. And I thought to myself, why do we have so many remakes and re...

Jul 11, 2025 • E5224 • 00:01:00

In my younger days, I was obsessed with sports. While I followed most sports, basketball, and baseball consumed my life. But somewhere in my early teens, sports started to matter a bit less. At that point, music became my passion. I didn’t have any...

Jul 10, 2025 • E5223 • 00:01:00

I admire people who can keep an even keel, day in and day out. Throughout my life, I’ve been accused of being moody. And I am. My moods are very much driven by how my body feels. In my younger days, sinus headaches, stress headaches, and migraines ruled m...

Jul 09, 2025 • E5222 • 00:01:00

Air travelers got a pleasant surprise yesterday. The Office of Homeland Security announced that we would no longer be required to take our shoes off when boarding an airplane. While this was a slight hassle, over the last 20 years, we had grown accustomed...

Jul 08, 2025 • E5221 • 00:01:00

What’s that old saying: two’s company and three’s a crowd? I suppose that’s the way you could view American politics and our two-party system. The Democrats and Republicans have done all they can to minimize any other parties comin...

Jul 07, 2025 • E5220 • 00:01:00

Recently, we discussed how to maintain a happy relationship with your spouse. Today, we’re exploring relationships and how they’re portrayed on social media. One thing I’ve noticed is how some people constantly remind us how great their...